Dementia care in assisted living: Needs and challenges

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 817-838

  Smith, Marianne ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^a   Kang, Hyunwook ^a   Ellingrod, Vicki ^b   Schultz, Susan K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47949116316     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840802182839     Document Type: Review

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